Meteorology

  1. Air Pressure and Winds
    1. Atmospheric Pressure Fundamentals
      1. Pressure Definition
        1. Atmospheric Pressure Concept
          1. Pressure Units
            1. Millibars
              1. Inches of Mercury
                1. Pascals
                  1. Atmospheres
                2. Pressure Measurement
                  1. Mercury Barometers
                    1. Torricelli Barometer
                      1. Fortin Barometer
                      2. Aneroid Barometers
                        1. Aneroid Mechanism
                          1. Barograph
                          2. Electronic Pressure Sensors
                            1. Pressure Measurement Standards
                            2. Pressure Variations
                              1. Pressure-Altitude Relationship
                                1. Hydrostatic Equation
                                  1. Scale Height
                                  2. Standard Atmosphere Pressure
                                    1. Altimeter Settings
                                      1. Station Pressure
                                        1. Sea Level Pressure Reduction
                                          1. Pressure Tendency
                                          2. Forces Acting on Air
                                            1. Pressure Gradient Force
                                              1. Horizontal Pressure Gradients
                                                1. Pressure Gradient Calculation
                                                2. Coriolis Force
                                                  1. Earth's Rotation Effects
                                                    1. Coriolis Parameter
                                                      1. Latitude Dependence
                                                        1. Deflection Direction
                                                        2. Centripetal Force
                                                          1. Curved Flow
                                                            1. Centripetal Acceleration
                                                            2. Friction Force
                                                              1. Surface Friction
                                                                1. Boundary Layer Effects
                                                                  1. Roughness Length
                                                                2. Upper-Level Winds
                                                                  1. Geostrophic Wind
                                                                    1. Geostrophic Balance
                                                                      1. Geostrophic Wind Equation
                                                                      2. Gradient Wind
                                                                        1. Curved Isobars
                                                                          1. Cyclonic and Anticyclonic Flow
                                                                          2. Thermal Wind
                                                                            1. Temperature Gradients
                                                                              1. Wind Shear
                                                                              2. Ageostrophic Wind
                                                                              3. Surface Winds
                                                                                1. Cross-Isobaric Flow
                                                                                  1. Friction Effects
                                                                                    1. Backing and Veering
                                                                                      1. Wind Shear
                                                                                        1. Vertical Wind Shear
                                                                                          1. Horizontal Wind Shear
                                                                                        2. Wind Measurement
                                                                                          1. Anemometers
                                                                                            1. Cup Anemometer
                                                                                              1. Propeller Anemometer
                                                                                                1. Hot-Wire Anemometer
                                                                                                2. Wind Vanes
                                                                                                  1. Sonic Anemometers
                                                                                                    1. Wind Profilers
                                                                                                      1. Pilot Balloons
                                                                                                        1. Wind Measurement Standards

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